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In [[obstetrics]], '''habitual abortion''', also called '''recurrent spontaneous abortion''', is "three or more consecutive [[spontaneous abortion]]s."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[obstetrics]], '''habitual abortion''', also called '''recurrent spontaneous abortion''', is "three or more consecutive [[spontaneous abortion]]s."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
One cause may be [[thrombophilia]]. | One cause may be [[thrombophilia]]. | ||
==Prevention== | |||
Heparin and aspirin do not help in the absence of an identifiable [[thrombophilia]].<ref>{{Cite journal | |||
| doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa1000641 | |||
| pages = NEJMoa1000641 | |||
| last = Kaandorp | |||
| first = Stef P. | |||
| coauthors = Mariette Goddijn, Joris A.M. van der Post, Barbara A. Hutten, Harold R. Verhoeve, Karly Hamulyak, Ben Willem Mol, Nienke Folkeringa, Marleen Nahuis, Dimitri N.M. Papatsonis, Harry R. Buller, Fulco van der Veen, Saskia Middeldorp | |||
| title = Aspirin plus Heparin or Aspirin Alone in Women with Recurrent Miscarriage | |||
| journal = N Engl J Med | |||
| accessdate = 2010-03-25 | |||
| date = 2010-03-24 | |||
| url = http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/NEJMoa1000641v1 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 25 March 2010
In obstetrics, habitual abortion, also called recurrent spontaneous abortion, is "three or more consecutive spontaneous abortions."[1]
One cause may be thrombophilia.
Prevention
Heparin and aspirin do not help in the absence of an identifiable thrombophilia.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Habitual abortion (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Kaandorp, Stef P.; Mariette Goddijn, Joris A.M. van der Post, Barbara A. Hutten, Harold R. Verhoeve, Karly Hamulyak, Ben Willem Mol, Nienke Folkeringa, Marleen Nahuis, Dimitri N.M. Papatsonis, Harry R. Buller, Fulco van der Veen, Saskia Middeldorp (2010-03-24). "Aspirin plus Heparin or Aspirin Alone in Women with Recurrent Miscarriage". N Engl J Med: NEJMoa1000641. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1000641. Retrieved on 2010-03-25. Research Blogging.